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In young and aged mice, daily injection of the antibody REGN1033 at 10 mg/kg increases the size of skeletal muscle and the cross-sectional area of muscle fibers by a specific percentage, without changing the number or type of muscle fibers.

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Chronic administration of the human monoclonal antibody REGN1033 at 10 mg/kg in young and aged mice increases skeletal muscle mass by 19–25% and muscle fiber cross-sectional area by 15.4%, without altering fiber number or type, demonstrating that specific myostatin inhibition induces hypertrophy in adult mice.

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A specific antibody blocks myostatin, a protein that normally stops muscles from growing. When myostatin is blocked, a signaling pathway inside muscle cells shuts down, which allows the cells to make more muscle proteins and break down fewer of them. This causes individual muscle fibers to get thicker, increasing overall muscle size and strength without adding more fibers or changing their type.

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